2012 Recalls
4,173 federal recalls indexed for 2012 · Page 53 of 84
2012 Recall Year Insight
Federal agencies issued 4,173 product recalls indexed by PlainRecalls in calendar year 2012. That represents about 4.00% of the 104,423 total recalls we track from 1995 through the present, and averages roughly 11.4 recalls per day across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, and NHTSA combined. Year-level views are the cleanest way to see macro patterns: volume spikes often correlate with new regulatory priorities (e.g., infant-sleep products after 2021, lithium-ion batteries after 2022), supply-chain contamination events, or changes in agency enforcement intensity, while quiet years can reflect either genuine product-safety improvements or reduced agency staffing and reporting lag. With 84 pages at 50 recalls each, browsing this year end-to-end gives a statistically representative sample of what the federal recall pipeline looked like in 2012.
On this page of 50 records, severity classification shows 0 critical, 48 moderate, and 2 lower-severity recalls. The page references 3 distinct recalling firms operating in 4 distinct product categories, with 49 of 50 records disclosing affected-unit counts. Issuing-agency distribution on this slice leans toward FDA Drug (50), which matters because each agency's recall authority, hazard framing, and remedy mechanism differ, an FDA food recall, a CPSC consumer-product recall, and a NHTSA vehicle recall are legally distinct instruments even when the underlying hazard language sounds similar. Reviewing the dominant agency for a given year is one of the fastest ways to understand where federal attention was concentrated.
Year-indexed browsing serves three practical purposes: historical research (tracking how a hazard class evolved over time), consumer action (finding whether a product purchased in 2012 was later recalled), and journalistic or regulatory context (understanding what the enforcement landscape looked like in a given period). Every record on this page links to a full detail view with the hazard, remedy, distribution, and agency-assigned recall number, always use that recall number to verify current status directly with the issuing agency before acting on time-sensitive remedies, because agencies amend, terminate, and expand recalls in the months and years after initial publication. Data on this page reflects federal agency public filings; the agency's live record remains authoritative for legal, medical, or safety decisions. Verify with FDA openFDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS, or NHTSA for the system-of-record on any specific recall. PlainRecalls indexes this archive for research and consumer awareness purposes.
MOLYBDENUM 250MCG/ML INJECTABLE 30 ML 60 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
NADH-FFC 10 MG/CC INJECTABLE 10 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
PAPAVERINE HCL **(10ML VIAL) 30MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML 100 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ATROPINE SULFATE 0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 12 ML, 2 ML, 20 ML, 24 ML, 25 ML, 3 ML; ATROPINE/EPINEPHRINE/ BSS 0.02MG/0.1MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML, 5 ML (8 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
Derma-Smoothe/FS (Fluocinolone Acetonide) 0.01% Topical Oil (Scalp Oil), 4 fl oz (118.28mL) bottle, Rx only, FOR TOPICAL USE ONLY NOT, Manufactured and Distributed by: Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. SANFORD, FLORIDA --- NDC 28105-149-04
Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc.
IOPAMIDOL 41% INJECTABLE 198 ML 99 ML 50 ML 600 ML 72 ML; IOHEXOL, 4ML VIAL 240MG IODINE/ML INJECTABLE 200 ML; IOHEXOL, 3ML VIAL 300MG IODINE/ML INJECTABLE 180 ML 600 ML 90 ML 900 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
FORSKOLIN/PHENTOLAMINE 200MCG / 2MG INJECTABLE 5 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
METHYLCOBALAMIN 1,000MCG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML 12 ML 15 ML 150 ML 2 ML 26 MLS 3 ML 30 ML 30 MLS 4 ML 40 ML 5 ML 6 ML 60 ML
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
TROCAR KIT, STERILE DISPOSABLE** DEVICE 1 KIT 1 PELLET 2 KIT 3 KIT 4 KIT 5 KITS 6 KIT (7 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
CEFTAZIDIME OPHTHALMIC, P.F. 22.5MG/ML (2.25%) OPHTHALMIC 1 ML, 2ML, 2 MLS, 6 ML CEFTAZIDIME, LYOPHILIZED, OPHTHALMIC KIT 2.25% KIT 1 KIT 12 KIT 16 KIT 2 KIT 2 KITS 20 KIT 3 KIT
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
POVIDONE-IODINE OPHTHALMIC 5% SOLUTION 10 ML 125 ML 15 ML 40 ML 50 ML; POVIDONE-IODINE, BUFFERED IN BSS 4.6% OPHTHALMIC 100 ML 120 ML 200 ML (8 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
DROPTAINER STERILE PLASTIC (2 X 7ML) 10 BOTTLE 4 PK (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYDROXOCOBALAMIN**(VIT B-12) 1000MCG/ML INJECTABLE 30 ML Injectable (4 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ACYCLOVIR OPHTHALMIC 3% OINTMENT 5 GM; ACYCLOVIR OPHTHALMIC 3% SOLUTION 5 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYALURONIDASE / LIDOCAINE 7.1U/9.5MG/ML INJECTABLE 105 ML, 210 ML (6 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
LIDOCAINE/SODIUM BICARBONATE/HEPARIN IRRIGATION 10.6MG/16.8MG/2667U/ML SOLUTIO 90 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYDROMORPHONE/CLONIDINE P. F. 120MG/1.3MCG/ML INTRATHECAL 10 ML; HYDROMORPHONE/CLONIDINE P. F. 120MG/1.8MCG/ML INTRATHECAL 10 ML; HYDROMORPHONE/CLONIDINE P. F. 80MG/1.2MCG/ML INTRATHECAL 10 ML (3 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
CYCLOSPORINE (A) AQUEOUS (HUMAN) 0.5% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML, 5 ML; CYCLOSPORINE (A) AQUEOUS PF (HUMAN) 0.2% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML; CYCLOSPORINE (A) AQUEOUS PF (HUMAN) 1% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML; CYCLOSPORINE (A) CORN OIL SOLUTION 2% OPHTHALMIC 15 ML; CYCLOSPORINE (A) OIL SOLUTION 1% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML, 20 ML, 60 ML; CYCLOSPORINE (A) OIL SOLUTION 2% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML, 15 ML, 20 ML, 30 ML (12 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
Carboplatin Injection, 10 mg/mL, a) 5 mL multi-dose vials (NDC 61703-339-18) (NDC 61703-360-18, NOVAPLUS), b) 45 mL multi-dose vials (NDC 61703-339-50) (NDC 61703-360-50 NOVAPLUS), Rx only, Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045, Product of Australia
Hospira Inc.
DEXAMETHASONE/BACTERIOSTATIC WATER IONTOPHORESIS 0.5MG/5ML(0.1MG/ML) INJECTABL 30 ML (1 PRODUCT) 40 ML DEXAMETHASONE SDPF (0.1ML SYRINGE, 31G, 5/16" ) 0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 0.3 ML 0.5 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 10MG/ML (1%) INJECTABLE 0.05 ML 1 ML 16 ML 2 ML 24 ML 3 ML 32 ML 8 ML DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE (P.F.) 4MG/ML (0.4%) INJECTABLE 0.4 ML 2 ML 3 ML 5 ML 6 ML DEXAMETHASO
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ISOSULFAN BLUE 1% INJECTABLE 10 ML 15 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
PROCAINE HCL, P.F. 1% INJECTABLE 1000 ML 180 ML; PROCAINE HCL, P.F. 2% INJECTABLE 300 ML 360 ML 450 ML; PROCAINE HCL, P.F. 8% INJECTABLE 20 ML 60 ML (7 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, PRESERVATIVE FREE 20% INJECTABLE 100 ML 1000 ML 500 ML 600 ML 750 ML; MAGNESIUM SULFATE 50% (500MG/ML) INJECTABLE 14 ML 20 ML 4 ML; MAGNESIUM SULFATE IN 5% DEXTROSE 1% (1GM/100ML) INJECTABLE 2400 ML; MAGNESIUM SULFATE IN 5% DEXTROSE 4% (2GM/50ML) INJECTABLE 1200 ML; MAGNESIUM SULFATE, P.F. 50% (500MG/ML) INJECTABLE 180 ML 240 ML 4 ML 6 ML (14 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
PAPAVERINE/PHENTOLAMINE/ATROPINE NS 3.6MG/0.4MG/0.04MG INJECTABLE 13 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
MITOMYCIN 1MG/ML SOLUTION 160 ML 40 ML 80 ML; MITOMYCIN SOLUTION, STERILE 0.02% (200MCG/ML) OPHTHALMIC 0.5 ML 1 ML 1.5 ML 10 ML 12.5 ML 2 ML 2.5 ML 3 ML 30 ML 4 ML 5 ML 6 ML 7 ML; MITOMYCIN SOLUTION, STERIL
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
DMSO/HEPARIN/METHYLPREDNISOLONE 50%/5000U/40MG/50ML SOLUTION 300 MLS (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
G-C-P 0.1%/0.1%/0.05% SOLUTION 250 ML, 250 MLS, 500 ML (3 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
CHROMIUM PICOLINATE 200MCG/ML INJECTABLE 60 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
PAPAVERINE/ALPROSTADIL 30MG/10MCG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML; PAPAVERINE/ALPROSTADIL 30MG/15MCG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML (2 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ONDANSETRON HCL, MDV 2MG/ML (40MG/20ML) INJECTABLE 200 ML 40 ML 400 ML 48 ML 600 ML 800 ML; ONDANSETRON HCL, P.F. 2MG/ML (4MG/2ML) INJECTABLE 20 ML 200 ML 24 ML 40 ML 48 ML (11 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ULTRA-TEST 200 (CYP 80%/PROP 20%) 200MG/ML INJECTABLE 1 ML 10 ML
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
METHIONINE/INOSITOL/CHOLINE CHLORIDE/CHROM/B12 (C) 0.8/1.6/1.6/0.0001/0.03% INJE 10 ML 200 ML 30 ML 50 ML; METHIONINE/INOSITOL/CHOLINE CHLORIDE/CHROM/B12 (M) 0.8/1.6/1.6/0.0001/0.03% INJE 10 ML 150 ML 180 ML 30 ML 360 ML 4 ML 5 ML; METHIONINE/INOSITOL/CHOLINE CHLORIDE/CHROM/VIT B-12 0.8/1.6/1.6/0.0001/0.03% IN 30 ML;
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
SODIUM BICARBONATE 4% INJECTABLE 10 ML 5 ML; SODIUM BICARBONATE 8.4% INJECTABLE 150 ML 50 ML 5000 ML; SODIUM BICARBONATE, 50ML SDV** 8.4% (1MEQ/ML) INJECTABLE 100 MLS 250 ML; SODIUM BICARBONATE, MDV 8.4% INJECTABLE 100 ML 150 ML 200 ML; SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% (25X10ML) INJ. SDPF **** 0.9% INJECTABLE 25 VIAL 40 ML; SODIUM CHLORIDE (STERILE) 23.4% (20MEQ/5ML) SOLUTION 1000 ML 2500 ML; SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% BACTERIOSTATIC ** 0.9% INJECTABLE 30 MLS 750 ML; SODIUM CHL
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
VORICONAZOLE OPHTHALMIC 1% (10MG/ML) SOLUTION 15 ML; VORICONAZOLE OPHTHALMIC, (0.5ML, LL SYRINGE), P.F. 0.1% (100MCG/0.1ML) INJECTABL 0.5 ML 1 ML 1.5 ML 2 ML 2.5 ML 5 ML; VORICONAZOLE OPHTHALMIC, P.F. (SINGLE DOSE ONLY) 0.1% (100MCG/0.1ML) INJECTABLE 0.1 ML 1 ML 5 ML (10 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE 250MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML, 12 ML, 13 ML, 15 ML, 3 ML, 30 ML, 4 ML, 5 ML, 6 ML, 7 ML, 9 ML (11 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
VERAPAMIL HCL 10MG/ML INJECTABLE 80 ML; VERAPAMIL HCL 20MG/ML INJECTABLE 50 ML; VERAPAMIL HCL, SDV*** (5X2ML VIAL) 2.5MG/ML INJECTABLE 20 MLS 40 ML 50 ML 50 MLS (6 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
LORAZEPAM 2MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML 20 ML 200 ML (3 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
TETRACAINE HCL OPHTHALMIC 0.05% SOLUTION 3 ML 6 ML; TETRACAINE HCL P.F. OPHTHALMIC 0.5% SOLUTION 30 ML (3 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
FENTANYL, P.F. 100MCG/ML INJECTABLE 12 ML, 2 ML, 30 ML, 60 ML; FENTANYL, P.F. 50MCG/ML (100MCG/2ML) INJECTABLE 100 ML, 120 ML, 150 ML, 20 ML, 200 ML, 24 ML, 250 ML, 30 ML, 300 ML, 40 ML, 400 ML, 50 ML, 60 ML; FENTANYL, WITH PRESERVATIVES 50MCG/ML INJECTABLE 30 ML (18 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
PHENYLEPHRINE/TROPICAMIDE (P.F.) SOLUTION 2.5%/1% OPHTHALMIC 5 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYDROMORPHONE P.F. 20MG/ML INTRATHECAL 40 ML; HYDROMORPHONE P.F. 25MG/ML INTRATHECAL 18 ML; HYDROMORPHONE P.F. 30MG/ML INTRATHECAL 18 ML; HYDROMORPHONE P.F. 50MG/ML INTRATHECAL 40 ML (4 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
TRYPAN BLUE SOLUTION, P.F. 0.04% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML; TRYPAN BLUE SOLUTION, P.F. 0.05% OPHTHALMIC 0.5 ML 1.5 ML 10 ML 12 ML 2 ML 2.5 ML 3 ML 4 ML 4.5 ML 5 ML 6 ML 7.5 ML 8 ML; TRYPAN BLUE SOLUTION, P.F. 0.06% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML 2.5 ML; TRYPAN BLUE SOLUTION, P.F. 0.1% OPHTHALMIC 1 ML 1.5 ML 10 ML
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
HYALURONIDASE - PRESERVATIVE FREE 150 U/ML INJECTABLE 1 MLS, 10 MLS, 100 MLS, 12 MLS, 12.5 ML, 120 MLS, 15 MLS, 16 ML, 16 MLS, 2 MLS, 20 ML, 20 MLS, 24 MLS, 25 ML, 30 ML, 30 MLS, 36 MLS, 4 MLS, 40 MLS, 44 ML, 5 MLS, 50 ML, 50 MLS, 6 ML, 6 MLS, 60 MLS, 8 MLS, 80 MLS, 9 ML; HYALURONIDASE - PRESERVATIVE FREE 200 U/ML INJECTABLE 2 MLS; HYALURONIDASE / LIDOCAINE / BUPICAVAINE 7.1U/9.5MG/3.5MG/ML INJECTABLE 210 ML, 525 ML, 630 ML; HYALURONIDASE / LIDOCAINE 7.1U/9.5MG/ML INJECTABLE 105 ML, 210 ML; HY
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
ACETYLCYSTEINE, OPHTHALMIC IN ARTIFICIAL TEARS 10% SOLUTION 10 ML, 2 ML, 5 ML, 6 ML; ACETYLCYSTEINE, OPHTHALMIC IN ARTIFICIAL TEARS 2.5% SOLUTION 20 ML; ACETYLCYSTEINE, OPHTHALMIC IN ARTIFICIAL TEARS 5% SOLUTION 3 ML (6 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
METHYLCOBALAMIN/FOLIC ACID - KIT 10MG/0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 1 KIT METHYLCOBALAMIN/FOLIC ACID 1000MCG/0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML METHYLCOBALAMIN/FOLIC ACID 10MG/0.4MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML 8 ML 8 MLS
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
BUPIVACAINE/SUFENTANIL, P.F. 15MG/150MCG/ML INTRATHECAL 20 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
TETRACOSACTIDE ACETATE (COSYNTROPIN) 0.25MG/ML INJECTABLE 1 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
INSULIN, LO-DOSE (FROM HUMALOG) 10 UNITS/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML (1 PRODUCT)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. 0.025% OPHTHALMIC 10 ML, 20 ML, 26 ML, 4 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. (0.5ML SYRINGE) 0.25MG/ML OPHTHALMIC 2 ML, 2.5 ML, 5 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. (0.5ML SYRINGE) 0.5MG/ML OPHTHALMIC 1.5 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. (0.5ML SYRINGE) 1% OPHTHALMIC 0.5 ML,1 ML,1.5 ML, 2 ML, 3 ML, 5 ML, 6 ML, 8 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. (STSL) (0.5ML SYRINGE) 0.025% OPHTHALMIC 2.5 ML, 5 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. (STSL) (0.5ML SYRINGE) 0.15% OPHTHALMIC 2.5 ML; BRILLIANT BLUE G, P.F. 0.25% O
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
BIEST(80/20) 6.25MG/GM (1.25MG/0.2ML) I-CREAM 6 ML (5 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
Franck's Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck's Compounding Lab
Nearby Recall Years
Browse recalls from adjacent calendar years to see how federal enforcement volume has shifted over time.
Data Sources
- Source: FDA openFDA Enforcement API - calendar-year recall filings for food, drugs, and devices
- Source: USDA FSIS Recalls - calendar-year meat, poultry, and processed egg product recall filings
- Source: CPSC + NHTSA - consumer product and vehicle recall feeds for 2012
Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA recall records; no number is typed in by an editor. Figures cover calendar year 2012 across the FDA, CPSC, USDA FSIS and NHTSA federal recall feeds. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.